Summary
How to edit or delete customer and vendor records in Sage Accounting.
Description
Use contacts to track your customer sales.
Resolution
- Go to Contacts.
- Select a contact from the Contacts list.
When you open a contact record, you can:
- Edit contact details
- View transaction details
- Record money received from customers
- Record money paid to vendors
- Flag T4A vendors
- Add a tax ID for reporting
Activity tab
The Activity tab shows transaction details for the contact.
You can:
- Search transactions by reference or value
- View transactions for a selected date range
- Open a transaction from the list
Contacts and addresses tab
Sage Accounting sends documents to the Main address and Main contact.
Invoices include:
- Business or Company name
- Main contact name
- Main address
To update addresses and contacts:
- Select the Contacts and Addresses tab.
- Select the edit icon.
- Make your changes.
- Select Save.
Notes tab
To modify notes:
- Select Edit.
- Enter the notes.
- Select Save.
To delete a contact
If a contact has no transactions associated with it, select it on the Contacts list.
- Go to Contacts.
- Select a checkbox next to the contact to delete.
- Use the trash icon to delete the contact.
Limitations
- You can’t delete a contact that has transactions associated with it.
- You can’t delete the Main Contact name or Main Address. As a workaround, change the contact name to "Don’t use” as needed.